The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 105, No. 23 - June 2, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................16 Classifieds............................8 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................4 Legals............................ 15,17 Letters...................................2 Pets......................................19 Police Reports.....................2 Real Estate.....................9-14 Sports....................................6 Weekend Forecast Friends of the El Segundo Library Receive a Grant from Chevron Chevron has granted The Friends of El Segundo Public Library $5,000 to help fund the literacy program, which provides one-on-one instructional training for adults. Pictured from L to R: Coach Kathy Busick, student William Hutchins, Lily Craig from Chevron, Library Director Debra Brighton and Friends President Sari Brann. Photo by Tom Calderwood. • Friday Mostly Sunny 75˚/62˚ Saturday Sunny 76˚/62˚ Sunday Sunny 74˚/60˚ City Council Duties Closer to Full-Time Jobs Than Most Think By Brian Simon to check in with staff and department heads. Seems like it’s a cinch at first glance. Get It was just another typical couple of weeks on the El Segundo City Council. Show up on the so-called “part-time” job for Brann, at the meetings a couple Tuesdays a month. who just kicked off his second term on the Grin and clutch a humongous pair of mutant Council and is getting back in the swing of scissors at the once-in-a-blue-moon ribbon things after a four-year hiatus from the dais. cutting. Answer a few letters here and there. But Brann wasn’t alone. Other members Go home. A piece of cake, right? Wrong…and of the Council also joined him for a number not so fast, not by a long shot. Just to give of the above activities and share many of you an idea of what may be in store for those the same responsibilities, a testament to the who put their hats in the ring and happen to concept that what may appear at first glance come out on the winning side, we can look to be a low-key, sideline, volunteer effort for at just-elected Councilmember Don Brann’s low pay ($900 a month) is in reality much calendar over merely the first two weeks of closer to a full-time commitment. And yet May literally moments after taking the oath Brann may be one of the lucky ones. He of office. In no particular order, he toured the new Ron Rubens Distilling and Brewing on El Segundo Boulevard, schmoozed for several hours at the Hometown Fair, attended meetings for the Library Board of Trustees and El Segundo Unified School District Facilities Master Plan, spent a Friday evening at Chevron Park mingling with local citizens during the Ed Foundation Gala, visited the South Bay Cities Council of Governments, represented the City at the Bisnow Future of El Segundo luncheon, networked at the League of California Cities program for new members, and connected with real estate bigwigs at Continental Development Corporation’s projects and plans review. And that doesn’t even cover every event during that period where he shook multiple hands, not to mention the various phone calls fielded from local constituents, Facebook and email messages exchanged, hours pored over scores of sometimes confusing Council meeting agenda documents, lengthy closed session time with his colleagues dealing with labor negotiations, and numerous stops at City Hall happens to be retired with some degree of extra free time on his hands. But the constant drive of community participation looms just as strongly for other Council members even if they have 40-hour or more day jobs. Just the spate of continual local appearances may seem daunting enough and yet El Segundo City Council members have considerably more on their plates once you also factor in their additional assignments. During the May 17 meeting, Mayor Suzanne Fuentes unveiled the other duties each of the members will take on over the next couple of years. The group unanimously approved her suggestions See City Council, page 14 Charter Reveals Plans for Time-Warner Customers By Rob McCarthy The telecom carousel continues as Time-Warner Cable was sold to Charter Communications, leaving 1.2 million Southern California customers wondering how the transition will affect their TV, high-speed Internet and phone services and Dodgers baseball. Time-Warner turned over its operations and cable and fiber-optic systems on May 18 to the much-larger Charter, which will now service the airport and South Bay communities. Charter says it won’t be re-branding its trucks or equipment or making programming changes just yet, but changes are coming. Time-Warner customers “won’t see any immediate changes,” Charter spokesman Justin Venech told the Herald. “The branding on the bill, current services, and channel lineups will stay the same.” Charter will phase in programming changes “in the coming months,” said Venech without offering a specific date. The cable company will notify former Time-Warner customers about their viewing options once Charter migrates its Spectrum brand of programs and services to the Time-Warner cable systems in California and other states. Charter says it has 25 million home and business subscribers in 41 states. The See Charter, page 2
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